Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2016
23 winter storm watches in 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- December8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- November 16, 20164 winter storm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Brown, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice | 31 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 25 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 11 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:48 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Redwood, Renville and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Pine | 23 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 48 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 3 days |
| Dec 22, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, Stearns and 2 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County4
- Nicollet County4
- Beltrami County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Murray County4
- Nobles County4
- Pipestone County4
- Houston County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Dakota County3
- Goodhue County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Rice County3
- Becker County3
- Clearwater County3
- Hubbard County3
- Wadena County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Faribault County3
- Martin County3
- Watonwan County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Carlton County3
- Cook County3
- Itasca County3
- Koochiching County3
- Lake County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Rock County3
- Benton County3
- Stearns County3
- Otter Tail County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
46 more counties
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Big Stone County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Carver County2
- Freeborn County2
- Hennepin County2
- McLeod County2
- Ramsey County2
- Scott County2
- Sibley County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Washington County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Meeker County2
- Morrison County2
- Todd County2
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Clay County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Norman County2
- Polk County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Pope County2
- Anoka County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright County1
- Traverse County1
- Grant County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Wilkin County1
- Douglas County1
- Stevens County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.